Ephraim H. Foster

Ephraim Hubbard Foster (17 September 1794-6 September 1854) was a US Senator from Tennessee (W) from 17 September 1838 to 3 March 1839 (interrupting Felix Grundy's terms) and from 17 October 1843 to 3 March 1845 (succeeding Alfred O.P. Nicholson and preceding Hopkins L. Turney).

Biography
Ephraim Hubbard Foster was born in Bardstown, Kentucky in 1794, and he became a lawyer in Nashville, Tennessee in 1820 after serving as a private secretary to Andrew Jackson during the Creek War. He served in the State House of Representatives from 1829 to 1831 and from 1835 to 1837, and he was twice appointed to the US Senate, serving from 1838 to 1839 and from 1843 to 1845. In 1845, he was defeated in the gubernatorial election, and he returned to his law practice until his death in 1854.